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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Surname Saturday ~ Stone of Watertown

STONE

Simon Stone was born in Much Bromley, Essex, England. He married his wife, Joan Clark, there in
Great Bromley in 1616. He left London,
England on the ship Increase on 15
April 1635, with his wife, five children and four servants. He was
one of the original settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts. His
brother, Gregory Stone, settled in Cambridge, next door to Watertown. They both became freemen on the same day, 25
May 1636. There is a memorial to both
brothers at the Old Burial Ground, Arlington Street, Watertown, Massachusetts.

In memory of
Simon Stone 1586 – 1665

And Gregory
Stone 1592 – 1672

Sons of David
and Ursula Stone

Born in
Great Bromley, Essex County, England

Who emigrated
to New England in 1635

And settled
in Watertown.

This
memorial is erected by the Stone Family Asssociation

In grateful
remembrance of these early settlers who

In their
love of civil and religious liberty, left their

Homes and so
much that was dear to them in England and

By their
courage, toil, and sacrifice helped to found

This commonwealth.

Simon Stone’s homestead is now the Mount Auburn Cemetery,
formerly known as the Cambridge Cemetery.
There is a painting of the farm in the Watertown public library, and the
plaque reads:

Deacon Simon Stone Homestead

Burned down 1844

Formerly on what is
now the Cambridge Cemetery

Loaned by the Stone Family Association

His daughter, Anna, my ancestor, was listed as age 11 on the
ship Increase.

Generation 1: Simon Stone, baptized on 9 February 1586 in
Much Bromley (now known as Great Bromley), Essex, England, son of David Stone
and Ursula Unknown, died 22 September 1665 in Watertown, Massachusetts; married
on 5 August 1616 in Great Bromley to Joan Clark, daughter of William Clark and
Sarah Strong. Thirteen children.

Generation 2: Anna
Stone, born about 1617, died 1 May 1680; married about 1637 in England to Lewis
Jones. He was born 1605 in England and
died 11 April 1684 in Watertown. Four
children.

2 comments:

I descend from Lewis and Anna (---) Jones. Harrison refers to her as the daughter of Simon Stone, but this is untrue. She may have the daughter of John Hewes as inferred by Eben Putnam in "Lieutenant Joshua Hewes, A New England Pioneer and Some of his Descendants" (1913) p. 25. See: "A Few More Descendants of Lewis Jones, 1603-1684" by Jerry N. Harrison, Ph.D. (Heritage, Bowie, MD, 1995) (which is incorrect) and "The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908: Part I, The Ancestry of Warren Francis Kempton 1817-1879" by Dean Crawford Smith (Boston, NEHGS, 1996), which is correct.

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